Food Network Challenge Episodes

On location in Hawaii, four sculpting gurus transform over one hundred pounds of produce into tropical sculptures that rise above five feet. Using a variety of fruits and vegetables, the competitors try to carve, peel, and slice their way to a $10,000 prize. The competitors face tough conditions as they carve their fruit in the sweltering Hawaiian heat, but the real test will be moving the final sculptures, which weigh upwards of 300 pounds.

Food Network Challenge follows 43 grill teams from all over the southeast United States who have come to Magnolia, Ark., to prove that they have the chops to take top prize at the annual World Championship Steak Cook-off. $2500 is at stake, but it’s the bragging rights that competitors are really vying for. Each team wants to say they came, they grilled, and they cooked the number one rib eye around.

From Universal Orlando Resort in Florida, Food Network Challenge competitors decorate cakes inspired by four of the most popular cartoons in animation history. Watch as Scooby-Doo squares off against Popeye; and Betty Boop's "boo boop be do" goes against the charm of Curious George. All's fun in cartoons and cakes, until you throw a $10,000 prize into the mix--and four top cake artists who don't like to lose.

This Challenge gives the heart-pounding excitement of a horserace a Food Network twist. Five Guinness World Records are on the line inside the home of movie magic, Universal Studios, and not one, but two competitors are going head to head in each event to see who can flip, carve, crack, peel or scoop their way into the record books. From pumpkins to pancakes, onions to oysters, you've never seen food move this fast!

Ten international pastry teams have come to Phoenix, Ariz., for the World Pastry Team Championship to prove who the best of the best is in a two-day culinary marathon. Team USA has taken first in the past two championships and they're aiming for a three-peat. But Team France and Team Japan plan on dethroning the reigning champs. A win here means taking home the $50,000 prize and the achievement of a lifetime.

One culinary dream team tries to break the Guinness World Record for the Tallest Popcorn Sculpture. They have only four weeks to figure out how to make 5,000 pounds of popcorn stand over 16 feet tall. Then, in the heart of Disneyland, they'll have just one day to carve and decorate one of the biggest icons in the world: Mickey Mouse.

Seafood lovers, prepare to be tantalized! In this edition of Challenge, 20 top seafood chefs from around the U.S. have brought their A-game and fresh fish from their home states down to the Big Easy for a chance to be crowned King of American Seafood. There's something for everyone from everywhere: from Shrimp and Grits, to Crispy Chesapeake Soft Shell Crab, to Tropical Red Snapper. The dishes are so delectable you'll wonder how the judges can pick a winner (and how they can pack away that much food!). Watch this one with a bib on.

This competition is broken into two categories: The Beef Burger and the Alternative Burger (a burger made of anything besides beef). In each competition, five amateur cooks compete to grill the best burger. The winner of the beef burger competition takes home $50,000 while the alternative winner earns $10,000.

Five of the world’s top pastry chefs make the world’s finest chocolates that you can not only eat, but wear. Each competitor designs an evening dress made out of chocolate for a chance to win $10,000. If they want to stay in the running to win their dress has to make it on to a live model and through a real runway show. This competition pushes each chef’s creative limit as they not only test their chocolate skills, but also their sewing and fashion design knowledge.

Five cake decorators design wedding cakes specifically for a couple they meet a night before the competition. The winning cake not only earns $10,000 but is actually served at the couples' wedding the following evening.